Retirement Financial Planning

In today's unsettled financial markets, where most pension plans died out with the 20th century and where no one's certain of the future of Social Security, hardworking people turn to financial advisors to guide them to a worry-free financial lifestyle. But do you really know how to find a legitimate financial advisor? Do you understand the jargon advisors use to explain your investments? And, most important, do you know the answers to the most critical questions that will affect your financial future: How much are advisors' fees, and just how safe are the investment choices they make on your behalf?

According to a Schwab Retirement Plan Services survey, Americans feel they need about $1.9 million, on average, for retirement. This is mainly because we know inflation can eat through our money over a period of 20 or 30 years.

Do you have enough money for retirement? Want to cash out of the nine-to-five corporate workweek while young enough to pursue your dreams? Are you ready right now to live off the income from a handful of real estate rental properties? Beginners start here. Learn about the technique called House FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early). Find out how to create the life you want to live with just a few real estate investments so you can fast-forward to a stress-free early retirement. 

Being able to retire securely, with enough income to last - and allow you to enjoy - your post-work life, is a major concern not only for seniors, but for everyone. To make sure you're ready, take the advice of Julie Jason, an internationally recognized authority on retirement savings whose popular column receives fan mail with plenty of questions. Organized in 10 sections, each following a theme, Retire Securely is her accessible, easy-listening collection of need-to-know facts about a process that can be intimidating to even the most knowledgeable investors.

You will be hard pressed to find another book like this one. Greg has delicately pulled together a gripping message that so many adults need to hear. Only about half the adult population of Canada and the US have a current and valid will. The fallout is immeasurable, wide and deep. The statistics are not improving much either. Some people don’t know where to start, while others have family members who refuse to discuss it.

Award-winning financial journalist Joel Kranc presents basic but essential strategies to start your retirement planning today. Retirement Planning in Eight Easy Steps is a quick and easy way to start learning about retirement planning, helping you envision your ideal retirement and how to get there through investment planning, maximizing social security benefits, and the other basics central to sound financial planning for retirement.

Saving for the future can seem anywhere from daunting to downright impossible—especially for Millennials and Gen Zers, who’ve had to contend with economic setbacks, recessions, and layoffs since graduating college. But everyone—yes, even YOU—can find a way to save for your future, and Your Best Financial Life can show you exactly how.

Being an optometry student ensures you’ll gain extensive knowledge in ocular health, but what about your financial well-being? This comprehensive guide will navigate you through essential knowledge to not only become a successful optometrist, but also a financially savvy and independent one. Delve deep into topics like investing, insurance, student loans, practice modalities, career advice, and general personal finance. By the end, you'll possess the confidence to direct your financial future and advance your profession.

Why wait until 65 to retire when you can start doing what you really want when you are in the prime of your life? Whether your dream is to start your own business, volunteer, or work less, Chris Dumont provides a blueprint to early retirement and the best advice on the stock market to gain control of your finances today.

You don't have to be a 23-year-old dancer with no savings to end up with the excruciating debts young Iris is confronted with in this latest work by financial and legal advisor Tad Crawford. Every year, thousands of Americans of all ages and backgrounds overtax their bank accounts and credit cards and are left with the tricky task of pulling themselves out of their financial chaos. Rarely can they receive such high-quality financial and moral support as The Money Mentor provides.

Consumers looking to protect their financial future in today's turbulent economy will find all the right advice in Safe Money in Tough Times. Well-known for conveying sophisticated insight in simple and engaging terms, Jonathan Pond explains how readers can take control of their financial lives, overcome any money problems, and develop an all-weather portfolio to last a lifetime.

What are we going to do with those 20 or 30 years we didn’t expect? Due to unfounded fears of unhappiness and regret, many intelligent, otherwise rational people, even into their 40s and 50s, are so convinced that old age is a time of misery that they simply deny any other outcome and refuse to plan their own destiny. This optimistic and highly informative guide to smart aging will detail for listeners the steps they need to take to ensure that long life becomes synonymous with good life.

Your guide to being confident about your finances. Do you wish you had a visual model of your finances so you could see all the parts of your financial plan in one place? In Confident Financial Planning, Paul Winkler provides this visual model and covers all the major aspects of a financial plan in easy-to-understand language, giving you the knowledge you need to make informed decisions - without bogging you down with financial jargon. Confident Financial Planning is a guide map for the knowledge you need and advises you on whom to trust.

Take the fear out of finance and live a stress-free life with this must-have guidebook on retirement planning! Millions of people around the world, particularly women, do not plan for retirement, because they do not believe they are required to or are capable of doing so. They squander their prime years by recklessly spending their money, and as they age, they come to regret their decisions.

What is financial independence? Is it having enough money to live a normal life, or is it having so much money that you just don’t care about expenses? Everyone wants to be independent, but as you've likely experienced, getting there is not as simple as it looks. There are a variety of pitfalls along the way, and a single mistake can set you back by years. Fortunately, there is a blueprint or method for you to follow. It’s quite simple.

The definitive guide to financial independence at any age! Retiring early is not limited to lottery winners or the super rich. In fact with proper planning, we can all retire at a younger age than we ever dreamed - but only with the right plan. Personal finance expert Deacon Hayes explains the practical, concrete steps you can take to start your retirement when you're young enough to thoroughly enjoy it.

Hey you...you saw the title. You get the deal. You’re smart. You’ve made a few dollars. You’ve done what the financial books and websites tell you to do. So why isn’t it working? Maybe emotions and expectations are getting in the way of good sense - or you’re paying attention to the wrong people. If you’ve started counting your lattes, for god’s sake, just stop. Listen to this book instead. After decades of working as a Wall Street trader, investment adviser, and money expert for CBS News, Jill Schlesinger reveals 13 costly mistakes you may be making right now with your money.

Too young to think about retirement you say? Or too old now to save for retiring? Think again! It’s never too early or too late to begin your path towards future financial freedom through retirement. In fact, planning, saving, and investing for your retirement will be the most crucial decision you’ll make and action you’ll take in your life. The best time to start is now! Don’t waste another second as time really is money when it comes to savings, investing, and retiring rich.

If spending the next 40 years behind a cubicle doesn’t look like your ideal life plan, then keep reading...Are you working yourself to the bone just to afford the basic necessities to survive? It’s no wonder that you, as well as many others your age, are feeling this way. That’s why the Financial Independence Retire Early or FIRE Movement has been gaining so much popularity in recent years. It provides the answers to the problems that millennials are currently facing in regard to their finances, such as tackling debt, saving more of their income, and having financial security.

Years of borrowing and spending have left many Americans in perilous financial shape. To secure their futures and achieve financial independence, Americans must begin to save and invest. In his characteristically clear and congenial style, award-winning financial news anchor Bill Griffeth provides a simple 10-step program for lifelong financial success. Among the steps covered in this audio are setting financial goals, budget-izing yourself, creating your own lifetime investment plan, and developing a do-it-yourself retirement plan.